Staff Engineer, Ground Vehicle Advance Manufacturing

Location: Dallas, Texas, United States; Workplace: On-site

Salary: $120,000–$190,000 per year, plus bonus, benefits, and equity for regular employees.

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems, including autonomy software, aircraft, and simulation technologies.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities for advanced ground mobility and vehicle systems.
• Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, work instructions, production flows, quality standards, and inspection methods.
• Support chassis, structural, suspension, braking, wheel, axle, driveline, hydraulic, pneumatic, trailer, and mobility-platform manufacturing.
• Support vehicle integration, testing, production readiness reviews, supplier qualification, process validation, and transition of new products into manufacturing.
• Lead DFM/DFA reviews, root cause investigations, corrective actions, failure analysis, and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with design engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and test engineering teams while mentoring junior manufacturing engineers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in automotive, mobility, heavy equipment, or defense vehicle systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
• Experience with vehicle integration and assembly, hydraulics and pneumatics, chassis and braking systems, and mechanical production systems.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process development, production scaling, DFM/DFA principles, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and adapt to changing priorities.

Nice to have

• Automotive OEM, defense vehicle, off-road vehicle, or prototype-to-production transition experience.
• Knowledge of welding, fabrication, structural assembly, lean manufacturing, and production optimization.
• Experience with ERP/MES systems, manufacturing data analysis, CAD software, or quality standards such as AS9100 and ISO 9001.
• Strong project management skills and experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time regular employment with benefits, bonus eligibility, and equity.
• Work in an on-site manufacturing engineering environment supporting prototype and production operations.
• Compensation depends on skills, experience, licenses, certifications, and work location.
• Employment offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.